OTHER COOL THINGS is the blog page where I go off topic. In other words, this is a page where I ramble about a wide variety of subjects which have nothing to do with the Cross House restoration or Emporia.

OTHER COOL THINGS is where I might suggest a great new restaurant. Or a movie I enjoyed, or book. Or a favored blog.

OTHER COOL THINGS may — fasten your seat belt — open discussions about dangerous subjects such politics or religion.

OTHER COOL THINGS will, in short, be a page where I ramble about anything which captures my special attention. Like, perhaps, a nice moment I had with my favorite cat Gilda.

I love comments, so please do not hesitate to toss your two cents in, even if you disagree with me.

My blog posts are below. Enjoy!

 

Gilda. My favorite ever cat.

Gilda. My favorite ever cat.

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Another Detroit Rebirth

As I was born in Detroit (a 1957 model), I like keeping up with my birth city. For four decades the magnificent Michigan Central Station sat empty and ruined; the poster child for all that was wrong with the city. Then in 2018, Ford stunned everybody by announcing their purchase of the wholly derelict building…

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I Survived!

  Last night, a strange and, no doubt, vicious creature got into my office. I’m please to report that I survived, unscathed.    

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About Tonight

This is a political post. If interested, please scroll down.                                                             I watched the debate tonight. If I was a low-information voter (as are most voters),…

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Y’all Need To Watch This

This is a political post. If interested, please scroll down.                                               Today: Biden: I know I’m not a young man… I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to, I don’t debate as…

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My 5 minutes…

This is a political post. If interested, please scroll down.                                     I read electoral-vote.com daily. They are very astute. I love their observations. But the other day they basically dismissed Biden because of his his dabate performance. I was shocked….

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I Know

This is a political post. If interested, please scroll down.                                        

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A Tragic Day For Justice

This is a political post. If interested, please scroll down.                                                            

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Burning Witches

This is a political post. If interested, please scroll down.                                     The mainstream media has lost its mind. In reading thousands and thousands of comment online, I find this: We love Joe. This is in utter contrast to…

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Some Good news!

This is a political post. If interested, please scroll down.                           With the media in an unprecedented frenzy of bashing the democratic candidate (while giving a free pass to the other guy, you know, the felon), this is a welcome surprise:    …

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How The French Are Feeling Today

       

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A New Intruder

She arrived in my life, totally unexpectedly, one day in early 1999. My dear friend Christina (who lived across the street) and I were talking in my driveway when a tiny kitten, perhaps just five-weeks-old, scurried up to me, stood at my feet, and meowed. Loudly. I picked up the tiny furry thing. Where had…

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Dear Mr. President

I will email this to Joe Biden tomorrow. Any thoughts, suggestions? Please scroll down if interested:                                     Dear President Biden, I’m a (kinda) average American, 67-years-old, born in Detroit, and now living in rural Kansas. During the 2020…

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Some Good News!

This is a political post. If interested, please scroll down:                                        

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5 Words

This is a political post. If interested, please scroll down.                                   I think we’re gonna win.        

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Revised New Kitty

   

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My new pin.

   

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Furry Staff

New Kitty very graciously helped polish some old chandelier chains. Then she conked out. Perhaps I shouldn’t work her so hard?      

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MY NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE

       

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Something new…

This is a political post. If interested, please scroll down…                                               Last week I spoke with somebody I’ve known for 28 years, and was startled to discover that she…eek!…votes Republican. I said: “You…

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I RELINQUISH MY CRAZY CAT PERSON CROWN

For most of my adult life, I was a 3-cat person. That doesn’t make one an official Crazy Cat Person. But, as y’all know, a while back, I saved 3 sets of kittens, a total of 14 new cats in my life. And, thus, earning me the crown. One set of five I found in…

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